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    adjustment for a calender spread

    One rule of thumb for adjustments that obviously works in pratice, sell to close deeper ITM positions and buy to open the least deep ITM positions. :p
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    Are our money safe?

    Okay, okay. I tried to correct the embarrassing error. But it is not my fault that the ET system didn't change the title on the cover page for me. Hey, thanks for pointing it out, man. By the way, why is it "people are" and "money is"? :p
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    You know what scares me?

    I HOPE there will be no war. Best victory for us, Saddam exiles with his men and women. But it should not be through Iran. But if I am wrong, it is not my fault. :p
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    Are our money safe?

    This is happening every minute! It's getting bigger and wider... http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/02/17/creditcard.hack/index.html What guarantee can be given to the customers? What kind of responsibility should the firms assume for or push to their customers? Should they be liable especially...
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    Manipulator defined?

    Larry, manipulators are like potatos. There are small ones and large ones. There are bake potatos, sweet potatos, you know, white, red, or brown skin. No one says manipulators had or will controlled the market ultimately successfully. But whenever those queen-size in them make huge effort, I...
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    Manipulator defined?

    A good try to defend the market makers. remember there are so many different kinds of manipulators. MM is probably just one kind of them. And every manipulator had logical purposes... In your example, they took the orders out because they had confidence, intension, and ability to get the price...
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    EOD Historical Option Prices

    EOD options price are very good for educational purposes. I would save some real money if I had thoroughly study the historical option price action related to the underlying in real world. There is a deterministic part of the options game more than the underlying. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Gimme a break, larry. Do not try to be a hypocrites who is deeply brain-washed. Do not even deny that initial hope when you are trading an odd marginally deviated from 50%. There is one exception. That is except you are a confident manipulator knowing you can move it the way you want. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Bone, I suggest you go to see a psychiatrist as you have the tendency to imagine that everyone except you is whining loser. :p
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    ET standard?

    why is it that some (or group of ) users can post more than one reviews on the same firm using the same name or different names, while some users (like me) cannot? Seems the standard is whether the opinions are favorable to ET and their sponsors. :p
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    Do you hate doing your taxes?

    yes, I hate doing tax. I'd like to be in paradise without tax filing. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Apparently, we just talk about some manipulators. Manipulators are everywhere, in the market and out of the market. They use orders, news, regulations, policies, and other influences by any means to move the market they wanted. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    well, okay, let's follow other's suggestion to think the word manipulation is illegal. Then I would correct myself to identify only those orders intentionally to move the market as manipulation. How many of you when you execute an order have a clear intention to move the market the way you...
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    Manipulator defined?

    Thanks for the clarification. But I would still like to use the word manipulation. specialists and market makers are doing it all the time since they are better informed in time (seeing the order flow) then the public. And it it manipulators move the market. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    okay, suckers you go away. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    apparently, you and i have different view on various market participates. To me, those you mentioned (including who you refereed to as "real buyers") are both manipulators, but just different kinds and sizes. My standard of justification is that their execution strategies move the market to a...
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    looking for a special printer driver

    Hope such a printer driver can ocr the content to an ascii file. Thanks. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Thanks for your lesson. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Because manipulators are stronger hands. They have good appetite and big stomachs for both rewards and risks. Identifying 'em, knowing their intention, and taking advantage of them are keys to succeed. That's why I single them out all the time, right or wrong. :p
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    Manipulator defined?

    Please don't be so defensive. When I use the world manipulator and do not necessity mean to complain or hate them comparing to when I use the phrase: special interest groups. You are right. I am also grateful to them many times whenever I am with the winnders among them.
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